Over €18 million spent in direct orders and new Malta Enterprise office

Former chairman Alan Camilleri spent €165,853 on 31 trips abroad in four years - PQ

Alan Camilleri, former Malta Enterprise chairman.
Alan Camilleri, former Malta Enterprise chairman.

More than €18 million was spent by the Malta Enterprise and Malta Industrial Parks during the period of January 2010 to May 2012 on direct orders and the construction of Malta Enterprise's main office, a parliamentary question revealed yesterday.

Around €13 million was spent on direct orders whilst close to €5 million - €44,000 of which still has to be paid - was spent on the Malta Enterprise headquarters, built on the grounds of the former St Luke's Hospital.

Former chairman Alan Camilleri spent a total of €165,853 on 31 trips overseas over the four-year period between July 2008 and May 2012. His salary was reportedly that of €70,000 with benefits.

The figures were released during yesterday's parliamentary session after the issue was brought forward by Labour MP Justyne Caruana.

The Malta Enterprise has been in the news of late due to its controversial appointment of energy minister Konrad Mizzi's wife, Sai Mizzi Liang, as an investment promotion envoy to Asia on behalf of Malta Enterprise.

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Hemm xi cans ta xi Press Confernece fuq dan il-kaz minn Jason Azzopardi, Beppe jew Tonio jew?
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@Toni Borg - €165,853 on 31 trips overseas over the four-year period..... u maghhom zied €70,000 with benefits fis-sena. Lai Mizzi ghandha €33,000 fis-sena with benefits. Issa aghmel int il-kalkoli u tinduna li ghamilt kontijiet hziena.
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€165,853 on 31 trips overseas over the four-year period.....Lai Mizzi ha tonfoqom f'sena dawk u ha dahhal il parti kbira taghhom fil but taghha!!
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@ il mignun. Hemm xi haga ta barra min hawn biex taghmel mistoqsija bhal din Just. Caruana ? Trid tkun vera MIGNUN biex ma tifimhix u jitholok id dubju. Sur mignun.
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@il_mignun. Xi tbazwira hu dak li qed tirreferi ghalih? It-tbazzwir kienu jghamluh shabek in-Nazzjonalisti fl-Enemalta. Issa la jibdew johorgu l-fatti fil-qorti bl-iskandlu taz-zejt tkun taf min kien ibazzwar. Kien ibazzwar dak il-gvern li kien jghati minn wara dahar kulhadd, sakemm inkixef, zieda lill-ministri tal-gvern nazzjonalista €500 fil-gimgha meta lilek l-ewwel wiehed GonziPN tieghek zidek biss €1.15 fil-gimgha. Dak veru tbazzwir!!!
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@il-mignun: Your nom de plume says it all...all other comments are trivial!
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Il-hnizrijiet li ghamel Alan Camilleri ma jimportaw xejn ghall-apologisti Nazzjonalisti. U xi jtihom f'ghajnhom? Sai Mizzi! Oppozizzjoni tan-nejk u apologisti PN b'ugiegh ta' zaqq papali!
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Luke Camilleri
Ghalhiex qatt ma rajna artiklu fir-Times minn ta' Ivan Camilleri , gurnalista tat-Times ex-Net/PBS fuq dan huh Alan Camiller . . . . u kif kien imexxi dawk IL-MILJUNI qishom karawett f'idejh!
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Il Gvern Ghandi jghamel dawn l-allegazzjonijiet publici u mhux biss imam jinvestighom. Jekk il gvern se jhallihom fuq li xkaffa allura jghalaq halqu. Imma hawn irrid issir hoss kbir bhal ma qed jippruvaw jghamli SIMONPN.
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Tighd ser jaghmel xi konferenza stampa Jason Azzopardi u jighdilna jekk dan kienx veru jew le ? Imma bil haqq dak kien zmien iehor u dawn l-affarijiet seghtaw isiru ghax kienu isiru minn minkellu il barka ta minn kien imexxi , li dan kien mibghut minn Alla U HUMA BISS HUMA IL vergni .
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Onorevoli Justyne Caruana, din il-PQ ghamilta jew ggheluk taghmilha, biex tippruvaw tghatti ix-xemx (tac-Cina) bl-gharbiel?? Imma kemm qed tahsbuna bhahen. Drajna kull mossa li taghmlu bhala ritalzzjoni tat-tbazwir li qed jaghmel il-PL fil-Gvern!
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Obnoxious, outrageous behavior by Camilleri! Scandalous, as no one may compute how much the real cost of these orders would have been had responsible procurement procedures been followed. Therefore, there would exist far more scope for overcharging; and therefore.......
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Nahseb li ta minn jinvestiga certi spejjes li saru max-xoghol li sar. Wara kollox ic-Chairman ma kienx qieghed jithallas bis-soldi u is-salarju li kellu jindika li kien bniedem kapaci u ta l-affari tieghu. Dejjem jekk ma inghatax dan ix=-xoghol ghax ghajnejh blu, imma dak ioz-zmien wiehed l-anqas biss kien jahseb li jksiru dawn l-affarijiet. dawn bdew isiru wara ity-30 ta Marzu. Mhux veru Simon?
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Hemm xi cans jinkiteb xi artikolet minn Ivan fuq din id-direct order miniscula jew? Anke l-Parlament il-gdid inghata b'diret order - li hu mahsub li se jiswa lit-tfal tat-tfal u tat-tfal taghna xi 200 miljun! Meritokrazija jghidu tal-PN wara 25 sena jiffangaw? Ghandhom morali dawn? Ghadhom bil-ghatx il-blue boys?